48% of Homes Sell in Less Than a Month in 2017
Forty-eight percent of homes sold in March were on the market for less than a month, according to housing data from the National Association of REALTORS®. The average for all sold properties, though, was a little higher, at 34 days. Still, that's down significantly from 47 days a year ago, according to NAR. Nondistressed homes spent a median of 32 days on the market, which is the shortest length of time since NAR began tracking such data in May 2011 reveals that the following metro areas had listings on the market the shortest amount of time in March: San Francisco-Oakland-Howard-Hayward, Calif.: 25 days Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.: 28 days Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo.: 28 days Vallejo-Fairfield, Calif.: 31 days With strong buyer demand supporting shorter times on market, home prices are rising as well. The median existing-home price for all housing types was $236,400 in March, up 6.8 percent from a year ago. "Last month's swift price gains and the remark...